The new-type urbanization strategy proposed by the Chinese government is human-centered urbanization, which emphasizes the coordination of population, economy, society, and ecological environment. Despite extensive research on the impact of traditional urbanization, the impact of the new-type urbanization on energy efficiency is largely unknown. Based on the sample of 193 Chinese cities, this paper investigates the conditional convergence characteristics of energy intensity and explores the role of new-type urbanization on energy saving as well...
